The posters were stamped with a notice that they were "Paid for by Education Votes, a project of the Democratic Party of Virginia," which is backing Cucinelli's opponent, Democrat Terry McAuliffe.

After several complaints about the posters — which also carried messages reading "Get your head in the game" — the state's Democratic Party announced it would remove some of the fliers from college campuses.

"While we feel Virginians deserve to know the truth about Ken Cuccinelli’s extreme social agenda, we apologize to those who were offended," read a statement reported at BuzzFeed. "We’re working to remove these posters from the campuses in question, and they will not be used again."

The state's Republicans fired back with an equally indignant statement, saying the tactic was "par for the court for the Democratic Party of Virginia."

"Not only does it repeat this thoroughly-debunked Terry McAuliffe falsehood, but it manages to do it in an even more crass and tasteless way than before," continued the Republican response. "The Democratic Party of Virginia should be ashamed. But they’re probably not."

View a local news report on the fliers and their attendant controversy at WAVY.